Art to accompany pianist Ilya Yakushev in Milford

Yakushev will perform music by Beethoven, Liszt, Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky. While Yakushev plays, a slideshow will feature Old Masters paintings that relate to each piece.

When he was 12, Yakushev won the Young Artists Concerto Competition in his native St. Petersburg, Russia. He went on to win the Young Talents Award and the Excellence in Performance Award in Russia, major awards in Spain and Korea, and, in the USA, the World Piano Competition.

A Yamaha artist, Yakushev has recorded music by Bach, Liszt, Mendelssohn and Ravel, as well as Russian artists Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Yakushev has performed with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, among others.

This concert will feature Beethoven's “Sonata No. 14 in C# minor (“Moonlight Sonata”), Tchaikovsky's “Dumka’ Op. 59 in C minor,” Mussorgsky's “Pictures at an Exhibition,” and Liszt's “Vallee d'Obermann,” No. 6. The art projected for “Pictures” will be works by the composer's friend Victor Hartmann, that inspired Mussorgsky to create this music.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Children under age 15 will be admitted free.